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What is a Limerick?I am sure that most of you who find this webpage already know what a limerick is. But a few people may have wondered into this webpage from the Game Room in my CyberHouse. It is for those few (and anyone who is interested) that I give my five cent lecture on the limerick. The limerick is a structured poem consisting of exactly five lines. Lines one, two and five must rhyme and lines three and four must rhyme. A limerick also contains thirteen stressed syllables; three each in the first, second and fifth lines and two each in the third and fourth lines. The rhythm of a typical Limerick is:
The most important feature of a limerick is that it is funny or humorous! This description of a limerick is paraphased from Isaac Asimov's book, "Lecherous Limericks", A Fawcett Crest Book, © 1975.
Links to the Limericks
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